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Close to 5.7 million people
Close to 5.7 million people – about one in every nine people in the country - have fled their homes since the conflict erupted on April 15th.
1.1 million people have crossed
1.1 million people have crossed into the neighbouring Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan
14 million children – require humanitarian aid and protection assistance
Nearly half of the population – 24.7 million people, including 14 million children – require humanitarian aid and protection assistance.
Women make up 69% of the internally displaced persons (IDPs), including those in war zones.
Data indicates 90% of the refugees crossing the borders into Chad are women and girls.
About 15 million people – 31 per cent of the population – are acutely food insecure between October 2023 and February 2024.
$2.6 billion in aid funding requires
$2.6 billion in aid funding requires, only $862.3 million received.
6.3 million people are at emergency levels of hunger
6.3 million people are at emergency levels of hunger, only one step away from famine.
More than 18 million people lack access to improved sanitation
More than 18 million people lack access to improved sanitation and around 8 million people practice open defecation.
About 3.5 million children under five years are acutely malnourished
About 3.5 million children under five years are acutely malnourished, of whom 700,000 suffer from severe acute malnourishment and are at 11 times higher risk of death compared with their healthy peers.